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B & B COLLISION MAY 23, 2024 • Vol. 4, No. 11
City Council reconsiders prior decision and votes to fully subsidize Pex BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
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In a turn of events, the Novi City Council reconsidered its previous decision and unanimously voted to fully subsidize the costs of People’s Express transportation services for older adults and people with disabilities during its regular meeting May 6. “It was disappointing the last time we voted on this that See EXPRESS on page 7A
Students from Dear Asian Youth Novi pose with state Rep. Kelly Breen, center, at the 2023 Asian Pacific Islander Heritage festival at Fuerst Park in Novi. The 2024 festival will take place June 2.
Dear Asian Youth Novi to hold second Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Festival BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Photo by Charity Meier
A city of Novi Senior Transportation van sits outside the Meadowbrook Medical Center. Novi Senior Transportation will be disbanded after May 31.
Dear Asian Youth Novi, in conjunction with the city of Novi and the Novi Public Library, will hold its second annual Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. June 2 at Fuerst Park. “This festival is designed to celebrate the cultural diversity in Novi, especially since we have such a great demographic of Asian residents,”
said Grace Tie, the outreach director of DAYN and a sophomore at Novi High School. The festival will feature various performances by local Asian cultural groups such as the Michigan Lion Dance Team. The team is a studentled group composed of Taiwanese, Malaysian and Cantonese students. According to Carrie Ong — social media director for DAYN, a sophomore at Novi High School and cocaptain of the team, which includes
two other NHS students — the dance is performed at weddings and other cultural events. There will also be a performance by Sakura Japanese Instrumental Group, Hoaloha Polynesian Dance Group and the Nunmaan Tamil Academy. Tie said they chose those specific groups because they wanted to highlight some of the Asian arts that most people don’t really know about. “We definitely tried to incorpoSee HERITAGE on page 12A
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